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Cross Sectioned

Cross Sectioned

Here's a good cross section of the turbine and boiler underneath.
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It always amazes me how the old timers could make something this massive and it work, and work so well,
Truckie
Thu 12-01-2005
Wow. The sheer SIZE......just amazing.
Shytownmofo
Thu 12-01-2005
Yes I agree, I can't imagine how gigantic this stuff would be if you were standing there.
Jude
Thu 12-01-2005
So, Jude, darlin', do you think it would be bigger if you WEREN'T standing there?
Lynne
Thu 12-01-2005
The wonders of pre-computerized industry always amaze me. This puts it in such awesome perspective.
Serrena
Thu 12-01-2005
Is it a boiler or a condenser below?

In a lot of typical power plant designs, there's a condenser under the turbine - steam is exhausted to the condenser, and the water is returned back to the boiler to be made to steam again....
Deranged LunaTech
Thu 12-01-2005
Believe me, those things are huge!!!!
awyper
Thu 12-01-2005
Awyper, quoting Lynne now? <heehee>
Tony C.
Thu 12-01-2005
Why yes Lynne, it would! I asked Johnny and he knows stuff. :-)
Jude
Thu 12-01-2005
Yes, Lynne is my hero!
awyper
Fri 12-02-2005
did you ever get scared in the basment when you were a kid of the furnace? well immagine going down to get something you dropped down the steps here. hahahahah
eddie
Sun 12-04-2005
Does anyone know why they used to call capacitors condensers?
Tom
Sat 06-24-2006
Because there are conceptual similarities between electric capacitors and heat exchangers used to condense steam to water, not actual similarities hence the change in name.
Jt
Sun 08-26-2007
Hard to believe you've got me thinking that an old turbine and boiler are now works of art.......but you do!
Amazed
Wed 02-20-2008
two words: holy cow. this place is huge!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cera
Tue 06-10-2008
Reminds me of the engine room on an old steamship. (circa Titanic)
Gord
Tue 09-22-2009
This is too cool! : )
MARIE, CMT
Mon 04-19-2010
my guess is its a condenser as there does not seem to be any flue tubes or a fire box. also it would be odd for a boiler to be in the same room as the turbine. any closeup pics of the boiler/condenser
Hawkeye
Tue 11-02-2010
It is a condenser. It condenses the steam that leaves the turbine.
Adam
Sat 01-01-2011

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